And the Nominees are...

It's that time of year again. ...The Oscars!  And I have 33 days to watch and review the movies I haven't seen. Like last year, I've only starred the ones I've seen.

Looks like I've got a lot to watch!

Best Picture:
Hugo*
Midnight in Paris*
Moneyball*
Tree of Life*
The Artist*
The Descendants*
War Horse
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help *

Actor in a Leading Role:  
Demián Bichir (A Better Life) 
George Clooney (The Descendants)*
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)*
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) 
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)*

Actress in a Leading Role:
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) 
Viola Davis (The Help)* 
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) I won't see this until I read the books 
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)*
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)

Actor In a Supporting Role:  
Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn) 
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)*
Nick Nolte (Warrior) 
Christopher Plummer (Beginners) 
Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

Actress In a Supporting Role:  
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)*
Jessica Chastain (The Help)* 
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) I really didn't want to see this movie so now I'm torn 
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) 
Octavia Spencer (The Help)*

Animated Feature Film:  
 A Cat in Paris 
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots*
 Rango

Cinematography:  
The Artist *
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo*
The Tree of Life*
War Horse

Art Direction:
The Artist*
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Again, I won't be watching this until I finish the books
Hugo*
Midnight in Paris*
War Horse

Costume Design:  
Anonymous
The Artist*
Hugo*
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Directing:  
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)*
The Descendants (Alexander Payne)*
Hugo (Martin Scorsese)*
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)*
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)*

Documentary Feature:  
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Documentary Short:  
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement 
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Film Editing:  
The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius)*
The Descendants (Kevin Tent)*
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall) 
Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker) *
Moneyball (Christopher Tellefsen)*

Foreign Language Film: 
Belgium, "Bullhead"
Canada, "Monsieur Lazhar" 
Iran, "A Separation"
Israel, "Footnote"
Poland, "In Darkness"

Makeup:  
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady*

Music (Original Score):  
The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams) 
The Artist (Ludovic Bource)*
Hugo (Howard Shore)*
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias)
War Horse (John Williams)

Music (Original Song):
"Man or Muppet" from THE MUPPETS (Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie) 
Real in Rio” from RIO (Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown
Lyric by Siedah Garrett)

Short Film (Animated): 
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Short Film (Live Action):
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Sound Editing:  
Drive (Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Ren Klyce) 
Hugo (Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty)*
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl) * 
War Horse (Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom)

Sound Mixing:  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson) 
Hugo (Tom Fleischman and John Midgley)*
Moneyball (Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick)*
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin)* 
War Horse (Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson)

Visual Effects:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo*
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon*

Writing (Adapted Screenplay): 
The Descendants (Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash)*
Hugo (Screenplay by John Logan)*
The Ides of March (Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon) 
Moneyball (Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin.  Story by Stan Chervin)*
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan)

Writing (Original Screenplay):
The Artist (Written by Michel Hazanavicius)*
Bridesmaids (Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig) <---- REALLY???!!   Why? 
Margin Call (Written by J.C. Chandor) 
Midnight in Paris (Written by Woody Allen)*
A Separation (Written by Asghar Farhadi)